ing murder again. He was executed in Virginia in 1997.Mu'Min's example shows that putting a murderer away for life just isn't good enough. Laws change, so do parole boards, and people forget the past. Those are things that cause life imprisonment to weather away. As long as the murderer lives, there is always a chance that he/she will strike again. This is the reason for people who value public safety that there is no substitute for the best in its defense which is capital punishment. It forever bars a murderer from killing again.Abolitionist ask, "Why do we kill people to show that killing people is wrong?" They state, "Two wrongs don't make a right, therefore, executions are equivalent to murder." The term murder is specifically defined in the dictionary as the UNLAWFUL killing of a person with malice and afterthought. So the word murder cannot be used to describe executions since the death penalty is the law. Comparing executions to murders is like comparing incarcerating people to kidnapping or charging taxes to extortion. There is a difference between violent crime and punishment. Is there a contradiction in a policeman speeding after a speeder to enforce speeding laws? One displays a serious lack of moral judgment to believe that just because two practices share a physical similarity means that they are morally identical. What separates crime from punishment, good form evil are not their physical aspects but rather their moral aspects. Moral aspects examine the reasons and motivations behind one's actions. Abolitionists tend to focus on the death penalty's physical aspects to demonstrate that it is the same as murder while completely ignoring the moral aspects involved, therefore, demonstrating their total lack of moral coherence.In conclusion, every country in the world is ready to kill millions in order to defend their nation from the aggression of others. It is difficult to see why public safety doesn't deserve...
